Onychophora

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀνυχοφόρος (onukhophóros, “having claws”) [ὄνυχος (ónukhos, “claw”) + φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”)].

Proper noun

Onychophora

  1. Velvet worms.
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
    2. (rare) A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Lobopodia.

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